s_jud_2017a_2017-03-15t13:31:04z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/15/2017

Location: SCR 352

02:21 PM -- HB17-1111



Senator Fields, sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1111, concerning allowing juvenile courts to enter civil protection orders in dependency and neglect cases.



02:23 PM -- Mr. Chris Johnson, representing the County Sheriffs of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. He stated the sheriffs' reasons for supporting the bill.



02:24 PM -- Mr. Jennifer Eyl, representing the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center and the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, testified in support of the bill. She discussed the benefits of permitting protection orders instead of no-contact orders. Ms. Eyl responded to questions about court procedures for entering orders.



02:30 PM -- Mr. Mike Valentine, representing Arapahoe County and Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill. He discussed his experience as an attorney working on child protection cases.



02:34 PM -- Ms. Dorothy Macias, representing the Office of the Child's Representative, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Macias discussed issues concerning situations in which certain protection orders may not be issued, including a concern that sheriffs cannot enforce no-contact orders.



02:36 PM -- Ms. Sophie San Miguel, representing herself, testified on the bill. She spoke on the importance of protection.





02:40 PM



Senator Fields provided closing remarks on the bill.